Origin:Study for badiv tuned cow is a Land Art project from the Liverpool Gallery, Brussels.
Exhibitions:"Study for Badly Tuned Cow" was exhibited at Dennis Oppenheim's solo exhibition "Dessins", at the Galerie Joachim Becker, Cannes, France, in May-July 1990.
Archive: The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Dennis Oppenheim Estate, curated by Amy Oppenheim.
Description of the Work: "Study for Badly Tuned Cow, 1988" by Dennis Oppenheim
Oppenheim: From Drawing to Sound, Studying a Land Art Sculpture
"Study for a Badly Tuned Cow" is an important work by Dennis Oppenheim, created in 1988 as a study for an ambitious Land Art project. The work is a large mixed media on cardboard, 127 x 194 cm, using colored pencils, oil paint, and oil pastels. The work is in perfect condition, signed and dated "Dennis Oppenheim 1988" on the right side.
This work is a conceptual and graphic representation of the sculpture of the same name (currently on display at the San José Museum of Art, USA). The project reflects Oppenheim's ongoing interest in the transformation of landscape and the relationship between the sculptural object and environmental intervention. Originally from the Liverpool Gallery in Brussels, the sculpture and related studies like this one represent the artist's exploration of integrating kinetic and sonic elements into art.
The study was exhibited at Oppenheim’s solo exhibition, “Dessins,” at the Galerie Joachim Becker in Cannes in May–June 1990. The final sculpture was also exhibited at the “Retrospective 70-90” exhibition at the Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art in Cyprus.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Dennis Oppenheim Estate, curated by Amy Oppenheim.
Dennis Oppenheim: Study for a Badly Tuned Cow (1988). Mixed media on cardboard, 127 x 194 cm. Study for Land Art. Officially archived by the Estate.
